Just found out I can't have my 2nd cycle of chemo yet as my white blood count is below 1. And I'm neutropenic I don't have a temperature so am at home just watching and waiting.(and hoping) that the levels will go up so I can resume treatment soon....
Hello all. I've been on immunotherapy keytruda for 20 months and to be honest I had no side effects or issues. But in the last couple of months I find I have list my appetite and feel really full quickly. Do you think it could be due to the immunotherapy...
Hi Has anyone any experience of having a ground glass nodule which has grown over five years to be more than 3 cm and now needs a lobectomy? Also what are the aftereffects of lobectomy (upper right lobe)?
Hi everyone, my dad has had 2 cycles of chemo and the 3rd one postponed until after a ct scan this Monday to check if the chemo is working or not. Doc says if it’s not working she’ll stop chemo. He was told he couldn’t get surgery or radiotherapy as a...
I feel despondant as no one ever replys to my questions .i think i will leave here .this forum is not helping me
Hi, I had pneumonia which did not get better with antibiotics, got sent for a CT scan and was told I have a mass on my lungs, got sent for a bronchoscopy the next day so they could do a biopsy, the were unable to do the biopsy as there were to many blood...
I had my first chemo session on Monday - chemo plus Immunoherapy plus Denosumab injection . Tuesday fine. Wednesday fine. Thursday I felt like I'd been run over by a truck! I could hardly get out of bed. Every bone and joint in my body was hurting...
Radio everyday and chemo on Tues and thats the first week over.. 3 more weeks to go..Not felling to bad, was sick one night and throat a little sore and cough still there but its mostly the tiredness.. just seems to hit me from nowhere . The staff at...
Hi, I've never had chemotherapy before and always assumed that each cycle would be a couple of days of chemo and then a rest of three weeks , before the next cycle, but my letter says I'm to have one day of chemo, wait three weeks and then have another...
Did you ask your Oncologist for a prognosis? What did they say? Have you gone past it? Up until now I havent wanted to know but decided now I do. I'm trying to get a realistic idea beforehand so it won't be too much of a shock or surprise when...
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